Valencia County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Valencia County in 2024.

FARS records 99 deaths in 97 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of New Mexico in the same years is 19.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Valencia County was number 13 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Valencia County fell by 2.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (99).

In the counties of New Mexico the deaths rose by 5.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 31.3% of the fatal crashes in Valencia County with a known setting were rural, against 54.5% in New Mexico.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Valencia County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Valencia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	14	14	3
2022	12	12	3
2021	11	11	3
2020	9	8	4
2019	11	10	3
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	12	12	4
2016	7	7	0
2015	5	5	3
2015 to 2024	99	97	25

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Valencia County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 52 (1977)2024: 11

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Valencia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	14	14
2022	12	12
2021	11	11
2020	9	8
2019	11	10
2018	7	7
2017	12	12
2016	7	7
2015	5	5
2014	10	10
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	10	10
2011	13	10
2010	11	11
2009	5	5
2008	10	9
2007	13	12
2006	16	14
2005	11	9
2004	14	13
2003	17	14
2002	17	17
2001	20	20
2000	17	16
1999	19	16
1998	15	13
1997	20	13
1996	11	9
1995	26	24
1994	15	13
1993	19	15
1992	12	11
1991	11	10
1990	9	9
1989	17	17
1988	18	12
1987	18	18
1986	8	7
1985	15	15
1984	7	6
1983	16	14
1982	17	14
1981	20	19
1980	45	37
1979	46	40
1978	40	36
1977	52	50
1976	45	37
1975	35	31

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Valencia County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Valencia County	New Mexico	United States
2024	13.6	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.8	19.4	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Valencia County had 80,894 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Valencia County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 97 fatal crashes	25	97 fatal crashes	25.8%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 97 fatal crashes	52	97 fatal crashes	53.6%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.1%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 99 deaths	16	99 deaths	16.2%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 99 deaths	1 or 2	99 deaths	1.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 99 deaths	22	99 deaths	22.2%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.3%	54.5%
In the darkof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.1%	49.6%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Valencia County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	4	1 or 2	3	4	12
Monday	3	4	4	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	10	3	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	5	15
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	8
Friday	1 or 2	4	3	3	12
Saturday	3	1 or 2	4	12	20
All days	17	17	30	33	97

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Valencia County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	11	11.6%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	28	29.5%	37.4%
Minor arterial	16	16.8%	14.8%
Major collector	17	17.9%	12.4%
Minor collector	9	9.5%	3.2%
Local	14	14.7%	9.7%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Valencia County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	43
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Valencia County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	89
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Valencia County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Valencia	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 25	Interstate	11	314
State Route 47	State highway	19	32

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in New Mexico

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Valencia County on the county map of New Mexico

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.96 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.910 counties
30 or more14 counties
Valencia County: 12.8

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of New Mexico

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Valencia County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bernalillo County	New Mexico	117	1,043	15.4
Cibola County	New Mexico	6	141	52.5
Socorro County	New Mexico	14	94	56.9
Torrance County	New Mexico	14	103	66.5

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of New Mexico have a population nearest to that of Valencia County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
New Mexico Traffic Safety DivisionThe highway safety office of New Mexico.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Valencia County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nm/valencia/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Valencia in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 101 deaths in Valencia County from 2005 to 2014. It records 99 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Valencia in 2024?

The rate of Valencia County in 2024 was 13.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of New Mexico was 19.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Valencia had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 97 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Valencia?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on Interstate 25 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 19 fatal crashes on State Route 47 in the county from 2015 to 2024.